What To Avoid When Taking Sertraline, Fluoxetine, Paroxetine, Escitalopram (SSRIs)

What To Avoid If You Are Taking SSRI Antidepressants (ex. Sertraline, Fluoxetine) – Foods and Beverages, Herbal Supplements and Prescription Medications that Interact with SSRIs

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI) are medications used to treat disorders of depression, anxiety and fibromyalgia. However, their use can cause side effects along with the symptoms of antidepressant discontinuation syndrome and serotonin syndrome. There are a variety of dietary factors, herbal supplements and other medications that can interact with SSRIs to worsen side effects.

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[MrTony]

Thank goodness we have medications like SSRIs. My quality of life is better. If i had of been sick 100 years ago, I would have been locked up for life.

[samuelraita]

I feel like, especially these days, everybody is struggling with mental health and could benefit from careful/ intentional therapeutic use of substances like these.

[katel]

Wow! No doctor has ever mentioned this when prescribing meds.

[catmom]

As a neuroscientist, I find this very informative. You were able to catch a lay audience & as a registered nurse who studied neuroscience in my doctoral program, you did a great job explaining this. Thanks!

[Jennifer-bwku]

Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

[jennybeanSMC]

I feel like doctors should be required to hand out a booklet or go over this information when prescribing antidepressants. I've been on Citalopram for years and didn't know about some of this.

[HollyOak]

Nobody told me long term use of anti-depressants can deplete the body of vitamins and possibly lead to thyroid disruption. After I was diagnosed with low thyroid, I was told I should have been taking a daily vitamin B.

[TheSaltySiren]

What the heck?!???? I worked in a Psychiactric hospital, and I can’t even begin to tell you how blown away I am! None of our pharm classes included any of this information. We had numerous patients on The anti-psychotics mentioned here as well as the mood stabilizers, anti-anxiety meds you mentioned AND SSRI’s! How did the Psych doctors not catch this?!?? It makes so much sense as to why our patients reacted the way they did. I’m blown away.

[johnmahland]

I’m 56 years old I just started on SSRI and I always fought to try and manage it. I tried them recently at my wife’s suggestion and she was right and I feel much better and I’m very grateful and I encourage everybody who’s hesitant to do it. Take that leap of faith and just try.

[cinthyasalas]

My best advice to people taking any type of medication is to do research on it. Don’t expect the doctor or pharmacist to tell you much. It’s your body and you are responsible for your share. I’ve been on medication that messed up my bones and I learned the hard way, now I question everything.

[carmenh]

Escalitopram has improved my life massively. Thank you for your very clear well explained video.

[crushingit]

This is information that a majority of physicians don't know anything about.
But will gladly prescribe you a SSRI

[AmyAndThePup]

I never knew that about NSAIDs. I knew about MAOs, St. John's, did not know about 5HTP.
I'm surprised at how little of this was actually shared with me over the years, except for interactions with other SSRIs, because of needing to tweak meds in the past.
Thank you so much for this video.

[johncmitchell]

I've been taking Celexa for over 20 years, 10mg/day for the first dozen or so and 20mg/day for nearly ten. Two years into initial treatment I read an article on SSRIs that listed a side effect of some as reducing migraine incidents. I'd suffered from migraines for over 40 years, never going a week or a month without one or occurring several days in a row at the same time of day or night. I realized I hadn't had one since taking the meds, and at 71 I still haven't.

[AbLaV]

I've been taking Escitalopram since like 2017 and I am excited to find out what I have done wrong that I wasn't told about for the last four, going into five, years. That said, they have helped me a lot with regulating my mood issues and depression so even if I have made mistakes, they still have helped me.

[deangiusti]

I been taking Sertraline and Bupropion for yrs. It's helped immensely with depression.

[heather]

I had serotonin syndrome for months because I'm a fast metabolizer and it was awful, but I didn't even know it was happening because I was never told any possible symptoms, thank you for this video

[adhdhikaru]

I ended up getting a rare side effect of sertraline: significant worsening of short term memory. It got to the point where, within the 5 months I took it for, I can only remember very few bits and pieces of the last 4 months before switching; everything is basically blank for me for the last 3 months, save a few horrible moments of emotional despair. Now I'm on escitalopram, with no signs of those side effects thank god.

[lin]

thank you so much. nobody ever told me about these. I've been on antidepressants since 15 and I've always taken ibuprofen, and wondered why i would feel worse. so glad i saw this video.

[cranke]

I was prescribed Mirtazapine for insomnia about 2 1/2 weeks ago. One of the big side effects for me was the elevated edginess and anxiety it created. It's done a great job at fixing my sleep nonetheless. But as soon as my doctor heard me mention the side effects she quickly prescribed Fluoxetine. Never ever been on it. And after watching this and all the things to avoid I think I further want to stay away from it and just wait for these side effects to wear off. Personally I think sometimes these doctor rush to fix every little problem with a pill and expensive follow up calls and visits. We forget there in a business to push things that may not always be the right thing for us at that time.